Solar Entertainment Corporation which also created its sister stations, Talk TV

Talk TV (Philippines)

Talk TV is an English language all-news and talk channel in the Philippines. It is a joint venture of Southern Broadcasting Network & Solar Entertainment Corporation...

, The Game Channel

The Game Channel

The Game Channel is a cable/free TV channel owned and produced by Solar Entertainment Corporation in the Philippines. It is the new sister of the networks Talk TV, ETC, 2nd Avenue, Universal Channel, Jack TV, Basketball TV, Solar Sports, and Diva Universal. It is currently available over Global...

, ETC, 2nd Avenue, Jack TV

Jack TV

Jack TV is a Philippine cable TV network owned by Solar Entertainment Corporation, test launched on May 2005, officially debuting on July 12, 2005. It offers Western comedy, animation, sports entertainment, drama series and reality shows, such as Cartoon Network, USA Network, The CW, MyNetworkTV,...

, Universal Channel

Universal Channel (Philippines)

Universal Channel is a television channel specializing in movies and television series in the thriller, drama, Comedy, crime and investigation genres...

, Diva Universal

Diva Universal (Philippines)

Diva Universal Philippines is a Philippine television channel owned by NBC Universal Global Networks, in partnership with Solar Entertainment Corporation.-Rebranded as Diva Universal:...

 & Basketball TV

Basketball TV

Basketball TV or BTV is a 24-hour all-basketball cable channel in the Philippines owned by the Solar Entertainment Corporation. It was launched on October 1, 2006, rebranding the Sports Plus channel....

, Solar Sports or the Solar Sports Network is a Philippine sports channel owned by Solar Entertainment Corporation

Solar Entertainment Corporation

Solar Entertainment Corporation is a Makati, Philippines-based media company with 6 cable channels 4 Free-TV Channels and a film distribution company...

. The channel was launched on January 1, 1994 and is available for G Sat

G Sat

G Sat is a subscription-based Direct-To-Home satellite television service commercially available in the Philippines...

, Cablelink

Cablelink

Cablelink is a subscription-based cable antenna television system operator and broadband Internet service provider in the Philippines, commenced its CATV operation in 1995. It is owned and operated by Cable Link and Holdings Corporation...

 and various minor cable subscribers. It is also available on Global Destiny Cable

Global Destiny Cable

Global Destiny Cable is a direct-to-home cable TV subscription service. Global Destiny Cable is the 2nd largest cable TV company in the Philippines.- History :...

. Dream Satellite TV ceased operation as of February 2009. Starting June 1, 2010 Solar Sports will now return on SkyCable.

Programming

The channel is known for showing sports that are familiar to the Filipinos. Its main programming are the NBA games, which are shown either a game or a doubleheader each day during the season. Other NBA programming includes shows produced by NBA TV

NBA TV

NBA TV is a television specialty channel that is dedicated to showcasing the sport of basketball in the United States. The network is financially backed by the National Basketball Association , which also uses NBA TV as a way of advertising their out of market package NBA League Pass, and partner...

, such as the NBA's Greatest Games and WNBA

Women's National Basketball Association

The Women's National Basketball Association is a women's professional basketball league in the United States. It currently is composed of twelve teams. The league was founded on April 24, 1996 as the women's counterpart to the National Basketball Association...

 games during the league's off-season. It also shows the American Super Bowl

Super Bowl

The Super Bowl is the championship game of the National Football League , the highest level of professional American football in the United States, culminating a season that begins in the late summer of the previous calendar year. The Super Bowl uses Roman numerals to identify each game, rather...

. It is also the Filipino provider of the Olympic Games

Olympic Games

The Olympic Games is a major international event featuring summer and winter sports, in which thousands of athletes participate in a variety of competitions. The Olympic Games have come to be regarded as the world’s foremost sports competition where more than 200 nations participate...

.

It also shows boxing matches such as the ones from the promotions of Bob Arum

Bob Arum

Robert "Bob" Arum is the founder and CEO of Top Rank, a professional boxing promotion company based in Las Vegas. He also worked for the US Attorney's Office for the southern district of New York in the tax division....

, Don King and most recently, Oscar de la Hoya

Oscar de la Hoya

Oscar De La Hoya is a retired American boxer of Mexican descent. Nicknamed "The Golden Boy", De La Hoya won a gold medal at the Barcelona Olympic Games shortly after graduating from Garfield High School. De La Hoya comes from a boxing family. His grandfather Vicente, father Joel Sr., and brother...

's Golden Boy Promotions. From 2002-2006, Solar Sports would cover the fights of Manny Pacquiao

Manny Pacquiao

Emmanuel "Manny" Dapidran Pacquiao, PLH is a Filipino professional boxer and politician. He is the first eight-division world champion; having won six world titles, as well as the first to win the lineal championship in four different weight classes. He was named "Fighter of the Decade" for the...

, until Pacquiao signed with ABS-CBN

ABS-CBN

ABS–CBN Corporation is a Philippine-based media conglomerate. It is the Philippines' largest media and entertainment conglomerate. The corporation was the merger of Alto Broadcasting System which at that time owned by James Lindenberg and Antonio Quirino, and the Chronicle Broadcasting Network ...

 for the rights to cover his fights.

Other sports include Volleyball

Volleyball

Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules.The complete rules are extensive...

 and Badminton

Badminton

Badminton is a racquet sport played by either two opposing players or two opposing pairs , who take positions on opposite halves of a rectangular court that is divided by a net. Players score points by striking a shuttlecock with their racquet so that it passes over the net and lands in their...

, such as the JVC Badminton tournament and the first-ever Manny V. Pangilinan Badminton Tournament, pitting players from Asia and Europe, in 2005.

The network also launched Solar Sports Desk, a late-evening sports news program, similar to those US famed sports programs such ESPN SportsCenter. On October 2006, solar sports re-launch its channel, adding local shows.

The channel is available exclusively in Metro Manila through Global Destiny Cable as of 2008. It used to be available exclusively on SkyCable, but the two parties ceased their partnership at end of 2007 but it will be back on July 1. All cable companies in the provinces can put the channel without having to worry about exclusive rights.

Current

• World Wrestling Entertainment
  World Wrestling Entertainment
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   (secondary programs moved from Jack TV
  Jack TV
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    WWE Bottom Line
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• Golf
  Golf
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  • PGA Tour
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  • Champions Tour
    Champions Tour
    The Champions Tour, a golf tour run by the PGA Tour, hosts a series of events annually in the United States and the United Kingdom for golfers 50 years of age and older. Many of the PGA Tour's most successful golfers have gone on to play on the Champions Tour.The Senior PGA Championship, founded in...
    
    
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  • The Haney Project
    Hank Haney
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    Donald Trump
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• FIBA World Basketball (also shown on Basketball TV
  Basketball TV
  Basketball TV or BTV is a 24-hour all-basketball cable channel in the Philippines owned by the Solar Entertainment Corporation. It was launched on October 1, 2006, rebranding the Sports Plus channel....
  
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• Jai Alai Cagayan
• Boxing
  Boxing
  Boxing, also called pugilism, is a combat sport in which two people fight each other using their fists. Boxing is supervised by a referee over a series of between one to three minute intervals called rounds...
  
  
  • Versus
  • World Class Boxing
  • Greatest Classics
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  • Saved by the Bell
  • Fight Night Max
  • Ringside
    Ringside
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• OZ Style
• Cockfighting
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  • San Juan Derby Time
• Motoring Today
  Motoring Today
  Motoring Today is a sports program which airs the latest news about the motoring industry, traffic management, public service and the world of Motorsports...
  
  
• Auto Focus
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• X-Play
  X-Play
  X-Play is a TV program about video games, known for its reviews and comedy skits...
  
  
• Tennis
  Tennis
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  • ATP Tour
  • WTA Tour
  • Davis Cup
    Davis Cup
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  • Fed Cup
    Fed Cup
    Fed Cup is the premier team competition in women's tennis, launched in 1963 to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the International Tennis Federation...
    
    
  • World of Tennis
    World of Tennis
    World of Tennis was the International Tennis Federation's official tennis annual until it was replaced by The ITF Year. It was published annually beginning in 1969 and was edited by John Barrett...
    
    
• Mobil 1 The Grid
  Mobil 1 The Grid
  Mobil 1 The Grid is a motorsport magazine show, which airs on Channel 4 in the UK on Saturday mornings and is repeated during the following week on Motors TV. It is also broadcast on Speed in North and Latin America. The show is presented by Eddy Temple-Morris and Charlie Brougham and supported by...
  
  
• BWF Super Series
  BWF Super Series
  The BWF Super Series is a badminton tournament introduced by Badminton World Federation in order to improve the quality of the sport. It was launched on December 14, 2006 and implemented in 2007...
  
  
• Billiards
  Billiards
  Cue sports , also known as billiard sports, are a wide variety of games of skill generally played with a cue stick which is used to strike billiard balls, moving them around a cloth-covered billiards table bounded by rubber .Historically, the umbrella term was billiards...
  
  
  • Mosconi Cup
    Mosconi Cup
    The Mosconi Cup is an annual nine-ball pool tournament contested between teams representing Europe and the USA since 1994. The trophy is named after American player Willie Mosconi, and is modeled on and compared to the Ryder Cup in golf...
    
    
  • World Cup of Pool
    World Cup of Pool
    The World Cup of Pool is the international annual single-elimination tournament for doubles teams in nine-ball competition. It is held annually, at various locations, and was first held in 2006 in Newport, Wales...
    
    
  • World Pool Masters
• World Wide Sports
• World of Athletics
• World of Badminton
• FLW Outdoor Tour Bass
• IDSF: Best of Dance Sports
• AVC Asian Women's Cup
• Other
  • Sports Jobs with Junior Seau
    Sports Jobs with Junior Seau
    Sports Jobs with Junior Seau premiered on December 2, 2009 on Versus at 10:00 PM. The show, produced by Mandt Bros. Productions, follows former San Diego Chargers and New England Patriots football player Junior Seau as he does the jobs that make sports work. Ten episodes aired during the first...
    
    
  • Human Wrecking Balls
    Human Wrecking Balls
    Human Wrecking Balls is an American television reality show that premiered on November 12, 2008 on G4 television network.-Details:Martial Artists and breaking champions Craig and Paul Pumphrey demolish everything from boats and cars to houses using only their bare hands...
    
    
  • World Strongman Super Series
  • 2 Months 2 Million
    2 Months 2 Million
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Former

• NBA
  National Basketball Association
  The National Basketball Association is the pre-eminent men's professional basketball league in North America. It consists of thirty franchised member clubs, of which twenty-nine are located in the United States and one in Canada...
  
   (2002–2006; since moved to Basketball TV)
• Solar Sports Desk
• Philippine Basketball League
  Philippine Basketball League
  The Philippine Basketball League is a commercial semi-professional basketball league in the Philippines. The league is composed of several commercial teams with several collegiate and provincial stars.-History:...
  
   (2002–2003)
• Undisputed
• WNCAA
• Hoop Nation
• In The Zone
  In the Zone
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• Auto Extreme (new) (2007)
• Search TV
• ECW on Sci Fi
• UFC
  Ultimate Fighting Championship
  The Ultimate Fighting Championship is the largest mixed martial arts promotion company in the world that hosts most of the top-ranked fighters in the sport...
  
   (moved to ABS-CBN
  ABS-CBN
  ABS–CBN Corporation is a Philippine-based media conglomerate. It is the Philippines' largest media and entertainment conglomerate. The corporation was the merger of Alto Broadcasting System which at that time owned by James Lindenberg and Antonio Quirino, and the Chronicle Broadcasting Network ...
  
  's Balls
  Balls (TV channel)
  Balls is a Filipino sports television network owned by Creative Programs, Inc., a subsidiary of ABS-CBN. It is managed by the sports division of ABS-CBN Corporation, ABS-CBN Sports. The channel operates non-stop 24/7.-History:...
  
   network)
• German Bundesliga
• LFP
  LFP
  The initialism LFP may refer to the:* Least fixed point in mathematics.* Local field potential in neuroscience and biochemistry, a measurement of cortical activity.* Large format printer or Large format printing...
  
  
• NFL
  National Football League
  The National Football League is the highest level of professional American football in the United States, and is considered the top professional American football league in the world. It was formed by eleven teams in 1920 as the American Professional Football Association, with the league changing...
  
   (Now Available Only On ASN - All Sports Network In The Philippines)
• 2006 Asian Games
  2006 Asian Games
  The 15th Asian Games, officially known as the XV Asiad, is Asia's Olympic-style sporting event that was held in Doha, Qatar from December 1 to December 15, 2006. Doha was the first city in its region and only the second in West Asia to host the games...
  
  
• Gameplan
• Celebrity Poker
• The Ultimate Fighter
  The Ultimate Fighter
  The Ultimate Fighter is an American reality television series and mixed martial arts competition produced by Spike TV and the Ultimate Fighting Championship , and soon to be shown on FX. The show features unknown, professional MMA fighters living together in Las Vegas, Nevada, and follows them as...
  
   (moved to ABS-CBN
  ABS-CBN
  ABS–CBN Corporation is a Philippine-based media conglomerate. It is the Philippines' largest media and entertainment conglomerate. The corporation was the merger of Alto Broadcasting System which at that time owned by James Lindenberg and Antonio Quirino, and the Chronicle Broadcasting Network ...
  
  's Balls
  Balls (TV channel)
  Balls is a Filipino sports television network owned by Creative Programs, Inc., a subsidiary of ABS-CBN. It is managed by the sports division of ABS-CBN Corporation, ABS-CBN Sports. The channel operates non-stop 24/7.-History:...
  
   network)
• NASCAR
  NASCAR
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• Billiards Pinoy
• Ferrari World
  Ferrari World
  Ferrari World is a Ferrari themed amusement park on Yas Island in Abu Dhabi. The park is situated under a roof making it the largest indoor amusement park in the world. Ferrari World officially opened on November 4, 2010...
  
  
• U.S. Open
  U.S. Open (tennis)
  The US Open, formally the United States Open Tennis Championships, is a hardcourt tennis tournament which is the modern iteration of one of the oldest tennis championships in the world, the U.S. National Championship, which for men's singles was first contested in 1881...
  
   (moved to ABS-CBN
  ABS-CBN
  ABS–CBN Corporation is a Philippine-based media conglomerate. It is the Philippines' largest media and entertainment conglomerate. The corporation was the merger of Alto Broadcasting System which at that time owned by James Lindenberg and Antonio Quirino, and the Chronicle Broadcasting Network ...
  
  's Balls
  Balls (TV channel)
  Balls is a Filipino sports television network owned by Creative Programs, Inc., a subsidiary of ABS-CBN. It is managed by the sports division of ABS-CBN Corporation, ABS-CBN Sports. The channel operates non-stop 24/7.-History:...
  
   network)
• French Open (moved to ABS-CBN
  ABS-CBN
  ABS–CBN Corporation is a Philippine-based media conglomerate. It is the Philippines' largest media and entertainment conglomerate. The corporation was the merger of Alto Broadcasting System which at that time owned by James Lindenberg and Antonio Quirino, and the Chronicle Broadcasting Network ...
  
  's Balls
  Balls (TV channel)
  Balls is a Filipino sports television network owned by Creative Programs, Inc., a subsidiary of ABS-CBN. It is managed by the sports division of ABS-CBN Corporation, ABS-CBN Sports. The channel operates non-stop 24/7.-History:...
  
   network)
• Bikini Destinations
  Bikini Destinations
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• Golf Today
• Poker Heaven
• Raceworld
• World Game
  World Game
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• Global Football
• Premier Darts
• K-1
  K-1
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• Smashing Action
• La Liga
  La Liga
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• 2008 Beijing Olympic Games Coverage
  2008 Summer Olympics
  The 2008 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIX Olympiad, was a major international multi-sport event that took place in Beijing, China, from August 8 to August 24, 2008. A total of 11,028 athletes from 204 National Olympic Committees competed in 28 sports and 302 events...
  
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• Elite XC
• Liga Pilipinas
  Liga Pilipinas
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• 2010 Vancouver Olympic Games Coverage
  2010 Winter Olympics
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• Sports Insider
• 2010 Singapore Youth Olympic Games Coverage
  2010 Summer Youth Olympics
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External links

• Official Site
• Solar Sports at Telebisyon.net